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Can Innovation be Taught? Innovation can be both innate and taught. Creativity-training programs can improve innovative thinking skills. The ability to innovate is essential to progress, but the demand for innovation is greater than the supply.

The Importance of Frames in Innovative Thinking Frames define our thinking and are the set of expectations we use to interpret new information. Frames are ubiquitous and emotional, and breaking them is essential to innovate. Observation, reversal, and analogies are tools that can help break frames and improve innovative thinking skills.

Applying Innovative Thinking to Ovarian Cancer Roberta Ness was asked to look at the problem of ovarian cancer and realized that the cells that line the ovary are the same cells that line our airways. She wondered if smoking causes inflammation, which triggers mutagenesis and lung cancer, whether the same thing might happen in the ovary. She found some inflammants that may trigger ovary cancer and ways to prevent those. Colleagues from around the world have come up with the idea of potentially vaccinating against ovary cancer to prevent it.